Woman who drove on sidewalk must wear 'idiot' sign

CLEVELAND — A woman caught on camera driving on a sidewalk to avoid a Cleveland school bus that was unloading children will have to stand at an intersection wearing a sign warning about idiots.

Court records show a Cleveland Municipal Court judge on Monday ordered 32-year-old Shena Hardin to stand at an intersection for two days next week. She will have to wear a sign saying: "Only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus."

The judge ordered her to wear the sign from 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. both days.

Hardin's license was suspended for 30 days and she was ordered to pay $250 in court costs.

Messages seeking comment were left at a telephone listing for Hardin and at her attorney's office.

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It's People like this, That is in to big of a hurry. Or just think that the laws excludes them.
And this just proves what I have heard in the past. That dumb people should not marry stupid people. It only makes IDIOT's like Her. People are liveing by the law of the jungle. Instead of liveing by the law of the land. So please Lord? Help Us all. Have a great day!
The Leftfootedbeagle!!!!

Thinking about penalties that would get one's attention and actually deter this kind of bad behavior, I would suggest that Amarillo sentence cell phone ordinance violators with community service instead of a fine. Imagine the possibilities. That would truly be equal opportunity enforcement. It may also serve to silence the critics of the ordinance regarding the city's greed for revenue.

...got tired of her doing this day after day, and recorded her on a cell phone. The bus driver also recorded her getting pulled over and ticketed. I agree, 30 days is not enough, she should be given a year to ride the bus.

This woman had driven on the sidewalk several times before the bus driver recorded the video of her. An hour a day with an “Idiot” sign for two days isn’t long enough. She should have to stand out in front of the school wearing it at the beginning and end of the day as well as any other time of high traffic to school for about a week and then speak at defensive driving classes and show the video of what an A$$ she really is.

This sort of punishment is the modern-day equivalent of the stock or the pillory, neither of which most of us would consider to be appropriate forms of punishment. I don't think I really agree with this part of her sentence. For one thing, how many motorists will be distracted by this woman, thereby presenting a potential traffic risk? And obviously this woman was fully aware of the law that requires vehicles to stop for a school bus that is loading and unloading, and that the law applied to her, and therefore she found her own novel solution to getting around that law. Personally, I think her license should have been suspended for a much longer period of time, and that she should have been sentenced to some sort of relevant community service, such as serving a specific number of hours as a bus monitor or crossing guard, regardless of whether or not it interfered with her job, as well as speaking to local defensive driving classes. Her actions should become a permanent example of what not to do.

This is awesome. I would love to see more punishments handed down in this fashion. Given so many complain about the lack of various punishments maybe this is a new approach that could gain some attention with criminals.

I saw this story on Yahoo; the Judge should be ashamed of himself. This poor young lady is black and it's obvious his decision is racially motivated. I hope the ACLU and the NAACP get involved; this is just ridiculous.

Oh yes. This poor poor lady who chose to not follow the rules of the road got punished and has to be embarrased a little. Awww. Hope Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will show up to hold her widdle hand and pass her a tissue.

James Madison, "Father of the Constitution" and chief author (1794): ""I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."

agree that a hefty fine, suspension of her license, loss of title to her vehicle, and loss of her license tags for a couple of years should have been imposed, IN ADDITION TO A YEAR wearing the sign in the school zone.